أسوة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ء س و (ʔ s w) |
| 5 terms |
Alternative forms
- إِسْوَة (ʔiswa)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔus.wa/
Noun
أُسْوَة • (ʔuswa) f (plural أُسًى (ʔusan))
- (archaic) remedy, relief; consolation
- (archaic) complement
- a single action of imitation
- simile, model, exemplar, what serves comparison
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أُسْوَة ʔuswa |
الْأُسْوَة al-ʔuswa |
أُسْوَة ʔuswat |
| nominative | أُسْوَةٌ ʔuswatun |
الْأُسْوَةُ al-ʔuswatu |
أُسْوَةُ ʔuswatu |
| accusative | أُسْوَةً ʔuswatan |
الْأُسْوَةَ al-ʔuswata |
أُسْوَةَ ʔuswata |
| genitive | أُسْوَةٍ ʔuswatin |
الْأُسْوَةِ al-ʔuswati |
أُسْوَةِ ʔuswati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | أُسْوَتَيْن ʔuswatayn |
الْأُسْوَتَيْن al-ʔuswatayn |
أُسْوَتَيْ ʔuswatay |
| nominative | أُسْوَتَانِ ʔuswatāni |
الْأُسْوَتَانِ al-ʔuswatāni |
أُسْوَتَا ʔuswatā |
| accusative | أُسْوَتَيْنِ ʔuswatayni |
الْأُسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʔuswatayni |
أُسْوَتَيْ ʔuswatay |
| genitive | أُسْوَتَيْنِ ʔuswatayni |
الْأُسْوَتَيْنِ al-ʔuswatayni |
أُسْوَتَيْ ʔuswatay |
| plural | broken plural in ـًى (-an) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أُسَى ʔusā |
الْأُسَى al-ʔusā |
أُسَى ʔusā |
| nominative | أُسًى ʔusan |
الْأُسَى al-ʔusā |
أُسَى ʔusā |
| accusative | أُسًى ʔusan |
الْأُسَى al-ʔusā |
أُسَى ʔusā |
| genitive | أُسًى ʔusan |
الْأُسَى al-ʔusā |
أُسَى ʔusā |
Descendants
- Persian: اسوه (osve)
- Malay: uswah
References
- Freytag, Georg (1830) “أسوة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 37
- Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “أسوة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 34